Household can-sealer.



A. BEPLER.

HOUSEHOLD CAN SEALER. AIPPLIOATION FILED JULY 20, 1914,

1,1 31,901. Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

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ADOLIPH BEPLER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

HOUSEHOLD CAN-SEALER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

Application filed. July 20, 1914. Serial No. 852,130.

7 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADoLPri Barman, a citizen of the United States, andresident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Household Can-Sealers, of which the following is aspecification containing a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to an improved household can sealer, and consistsin the novel construction hereinafter described and specificallydesignated in the appended claims.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved household cansealer, which will be simple and inexpensive. and capable of quickly anduniformly applying sealing wax to the cans or other receptacles insealing the same.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved householdcan sealer, and Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings: 3 indicates asuitable base, from which arises opposite vertical bars 4 and 5 of theframe. The horizontal bar 6 connects the upper end of the said verticalbar" 4 to the opposite vertical bar 5.

7 indicates a revoluble can holder which is provided in its uppersurface with a recess 8 for receiving the lower end of the can or jar 9to be sealed, for the purpose of holding the can or jar in properposition during the sealing process. The vertical flange 10 forms theouter wall of said recess. A hand lever 11 has one of its ends pivotedat 12 to the vertical extension 13 of the same vertical frame bar 5. Aplunger 14 has its upper end pivoted at 15 to the said hand lever 11 andextends downwardly through a suitable guide opening 16 in the saidhorizontal bar 6. Fixed upon the lower end of said plunger 14 is asealing disk 17, which is adapted to perform the two-fold functionofsecurely pressing the can or jar cap 18 in position upon the upper endof the can or iar 9, and of acting as a mold for the sealing wax duringthe operation of pouring said wax. A weighted pawl 19 has its upper endloosely pivoted at 20 to the said hand lever, and the lower end of saidpawl is-provided with a hook 21 which engages beneath a projection 22 onthe said vertical frame bar 4 to securely lock said hand lever in itsdepressed position.

23 indicates a suitable weight formed upon 01' secured to the said pawl19, for the purpose of urging said hook 21 into contact with saidprojection 22. Said weight 23 also forms a trigger or finger holdwhereby the said pawl may be retracted. The free end of said hand lever11 is preferably provided with a downwardly curved handle portion 24,located conveniently adjacent to the said trigger 23 of the said pawl.Secured to one side of the said vertical frame bar 5 at a point abovethe plane in which the said disk 17 is located is a semi-circular Iladle holding frame 25.

26 indicates a suitable ladle, which is provided with the usual spout 27and opposite trunnions 28. The said trunnions 28 engage suitablebearings 29 formed in the said ladle holding frame, to permit said ladleto be tipped in pouring the heated wax therefrom. A suitable handle 30is applied to one of said trunnions.

31 indicates a common gas burner for heating the said ladle while it issupported by the said ladle-holding frame 25. gas being supplied to thesaid burner through a suitable hose 32.

33 indicates a coil spring placed upon said plunger 14 so that the lowerend of said spring will rest upon the said horizontal frame bar 6. Theupper end of said spring bears against a transverse pin 34 passedthrough an aperture in the said plunger.

35 indicates a common swivel bearing, by means of which the said disk 17may rotate upon the lower end of said plunger.

36 indicates a common pin proiecting upwardly from the said base 3 andengaging a suitable axial bearing formed in the bottom of the said canholder 7, whereby said can holder may be rotated upon said pin 36.

The operation is as follows: A suitable quantity of sealing wax isplaced within said ladle 25 and heated by the gas burner 31, or if nogas is at hand the said ladle may be removed from the said ladle holdingframe 25 and heated by any other means. Then the can or jar 9 is placedupon the can holder 7 and the cap 18 is placed over the can mouth. andthen the disk 17 is brought down forcibly upon the said cap bydepressing the free end of said hand lever 11 to the position in whichit is shown, thereby compressing the said spring 83. This operation willfirmly hold the said cap 18 in position 7 upon the can or jar 9 whilethe melted wax is being poured from the said ladle 26, which operationis of course performed by properly tilting said ladle by means of itshandle 30. During the pouring of the melted wax the can 9 should beslowly rotated in order that the melted wax will be properly distributedupon the cap 18 and the top of the can or jar the said disk 17 and canholder 7 swiveling upon their bearings during such operation.Aftersealing a can same may be released by retracting the said pawl 19when the said spring 33 will force upwardly the hand lever 11, theplunger 14 and the disk 17.

I claim:

1. The improved household can sealer, comprising a base, vertical framebars mounted on said base, a can holder rotatably mounted upon saidbase, a handle lever pivoted at one end to one of said frame bars, aplunger having its upper end pivotally connected to said hand lever, asuitable guide for said plunger, a spring for elevating said plunger, asealing disk rotatably connected to the lower end of said plunger, and apawl pivotally connected to said hand lever and provided with a hook forautomatically engaging a projection on one of said frame bars when saidlever is depressed.

2. In a household can-sealing machine, Z the combination with themachine-frame of a support for the cans while being sealed, and aladle-holding frame pro ect1ng horizontally from the said machine-frameat a 7 ADoL PH BEPLER. Witnesses:

E. L. WALLACE, J 01-111 C. HIGDON.

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